Janai Nelson
| Janai Nelson | |
|---|---|
| President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund | |
| Assumed office March 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Sherrilyn Ifill | 
| Personal details | |
| Education | New York University (BA) University of California, Los Angeles (JD) | 
Janai Nelson is an American lawyer, who currently serves as the President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF). She has argued cases concerning voting rights, capital murder, and discrimination in academia. She also served as a professor of Law.